{"id":32704,"date":"2020-09-25T14:58:50","date_gmt":"2020-09-25T14:58:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=32704"},"modified":"2020-09-25T14:58:55","modified_gmt":"2020-09-25T14:58:55","slug":"suspension-from-apc-fayemi-responds-says-its-a-joke-action-of-impersonators","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=32704","title":{"rendered":"SUSPENSION FROM APC: Fayemi responds, says it\u2019s a joke, action of impersonators"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Ekiti State Governor Kayode Fayemi has described his alleged suspension from the All Progressives Congress (APC) as a \u201cjoke taken too far.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He stated this in a statement on Friday by his chief press secretary, Yinka Oyebode.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A faction of the Ekiti State ruling party, said to be loyal to Babafemi Ojudu, special adviser to President Muhammadu Buhari<\/a>, had earlier on Friday announced Fayemi\u2019s suspension from the party over alleged anti-party activities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The development was an apparent response to the sacking of Ojudu and 10 other party members, who were suspended by the faction loyal to the governor on Thursday for allegedly \u201ccontravening\u201d the party\u2019s directive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But Governor Fayemi, in the statement by Oyebode, wondered why the group could hide under their recent suspension to announce a \u201ddubious suspension\u201d, adding that they lacked the authority to suspend him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhile one would have dismissed their claims as another failed attempt to polarise the party in the state, it is also important to put it on record that the action of the group smacks of criminal impersonation as none of those who signed the purported suspension letter were executive members of the party at ward, Local government or state level.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe action is but a joke taken too far as they never had such power they want to arrogate to themselves while they were members of the party, much less now that they have been suspended.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cGovernor Fayemi however remains unperturbed by these antics of suspended members.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWell-meaning members of the public as well as members of APC are urged to disregard the news of the purported suspension as it only exists in the imagination of members of the group.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cDr Kayode Fayemi remains the indisputable leader of the APC in Ekiti State,\u201d the statement read.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Similarly, the Ekiti State APC<\/a> chairman loyal to the governor, Paul Omotoso, reacting to the development described the suspension of Fayemi as a comedy of the absurd.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In a statement by the party\u2019s director of media, Sam Oluwalana, Omotoso asked all those who signed the purported suspension of the governor to deny the publication with immediate effect.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe attention of the Ekiti State APC SEC has been drawn to the publication which is in circulation in the social media titled, \u201cDr Kayode Fayemi Anti-Party Activities\u201d purportedly signed by the following people: Senator Tony Adeniyi, Senator Babafemi Ojudu, Senator Dayo Adeyeye, Congressman Bimbo Daramola, Hon. Robinson Ajiboye, Hon. Oye Ojo, Hon. Dr Adewale Ominrin, Hon. Femi Adeleye<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe hereby call for the confirmation or denial of the said publication by the purported signatories between now and the close of work today, September 25, 2020\u201d, Omotoso said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Ekiti State Governor Kayode Fayemi has described his alleged suspension from the All Progressives Congress (APC) as a \u201cjoke taken too far.\u201d He stated this in a statement on Friday by his chief press secretary, Yinka Oyebode. A faction of the Ekiti State ruling party, said to be loyal to Babafemi Ojudu, special adviser to President […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"none","_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\nSUSPENSION FROM APC: Fayemi responds, says it\u2019s a joke, action of impersonators » WatchDog Plus Media<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=32704\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Odofin\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=32704#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Politics\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?cat=10\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"SUSPENSION FROM APC: Fayemi responds, says it\u2019s a joke, action of impersonators\"}]}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"SUSPENSION FROM APC: Fayemi responds, says it\u2019s a joke, action of impersonators » WatchDog Plus Media","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=32704","author":"Odofin","schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=32704#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Politics","item":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?cat=10"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"SUSPENSION FROM APC: Fayemi responds, says it\u2019s a joke, action of impersonators"}]}]}},"rttpg_featured_image_url":null,"rttpg_author":{"display_name":"Odofin","author_link":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?author=2"},"rttpg_comment":3,"rttpg_category":"<a href=\"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?cat=10\" rel=\"category\">Politics<\/a>","rttpg_excerpt":"Ekiti State Governor Kayode Fayemi has described his alleged suspension from the All Progressives Congress (APC) as a \u201cjoke taken too far.\u201d He stated this in a statement on Friday by his chief press secretary, Yinka Oyebode. A faction of the Ekiti State ruling party, said to be loyal to Babafemi Ojudu, special adviser to President…","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32704"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=32704"}],"version-history":[{"count":-4,"href":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32704\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=32704"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=32704"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=32704"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}